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My Take
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter's story is one of the most harrowing miscarriages of justice in American history, and it's almost unbearable to think he lost nineteen of his prime years to a crime he didn't commit. He was a genuinely ferocious middleweight contender before the system swallowed him whole, and what amazes me is that he came out of two decades behind bars not consumed by bitterness but determined to free others. Bob Dylan's protest anthem and Denzel Washington's powerhouse performance in The Hurricane kept his cause alive, but Carter himself was the real force, turning his suffering into advocacy until his death in 2014.
Overview
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter (May 6, 1937 - April 20, 2014) was an American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted of a 1966 triple murder in Paterson, New Jersey. He spent nearly twenty years in prison before his convictions were overturned in 1985. His case became an international symbol of racial injustice, inspiring Bob Dylan's 1975 song 'Hurricane' and the 1999 film The Hurricane starring Denzel Washington. After his release he became a prominent advocate for the wrongfully convicted.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rubin Carter
- Name (Japanese)
- ルービン・カーター
- Reading
- るーびん・かーたー
- Born
- May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Ox
- Origin
- Clifton, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.